I am an INTJ

That means i think vividly, but I think abstractly. My thoughts are hard to organize because they're not linear, not concrete, but that's what allows me to synthesize so many things together. So to get by this weakness of mine, I will continue to spew out my thoughts so that they can be organized in a concrete, organized fashion, that can be further used as a base to construct upon. (Wow, as I was writing that, I realized, no wonder I love brilliant writing that describes exactly what I'm thinking! It's because I have such a hard time verbalizing it myself that when someone else puts it together for me, it's so relieving!)

It's so interesting how the most random people can be used by God to encourage you. I recently met a Bryan at UCLA (I actually met him several times, and I kept calling him Robert for some reason). He was a normal person, albeit friendlier than most. But what really got me was when I saw his tweets. In them you could see such joy at knowing God; the pleasure that Bryan got from knowing Christ was so evident, that it made me reconsider whether I myself took joy in knowing Christ. I realized I didn't, but since then I've been making it a point to rejoice in Christ, whether in my own thoughts, or to others, or on my own tweets. "It is good to praise the Lord." "Be active in sharing your faith so that you may have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ." Thank you Bryan, even though you don't read this blog. Your simple act of faithfulness to God has pointed me back to my true north, my God and my savior.

Of course, there are a lot of factors leading to this point. My friend at my church reminded me that before God, we are righteous. Why? Because "he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." We are righteous. And that is the gospel. That Christ died on the cross in love, and took on the sins of the world. We are now justified, and are now being sanctified, and this is true for all who believe. =].